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Newspaper
Iuka Vidette
Location
Iuka, Mississippi, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1917
Page
2
Sapacribera delays in delivery noted. Advertisements priced at 15 cents per inch per section with business notices five cents per line per insertion. Obituaries and resolutions limited to ten lines. Cards of thanks three dollars per line. Sample death and marriage notices free. Unspecified ad orders are published and charged.
Mrs Howard read an article by a Southern thinker titled The Trail to No Where. A violin duet by Lucy Watson and Donna Levell delighted the audience. Miss Zola Timbes is ill and away, with prayers for a swift recovery. Measles games amuse, Professor hopes to gather the flock, and Bro McKeown spoke on Four Queens and Four Kings. A Washington's Birthday program is planned by Miss Corinne Walker's room.
A. H. S. Dots reports girls lost to Kossuth 42 to 11 at Kossuth while boys prepare to meet Baldwyn after Baldwyn beat Corinth 30 to 9 last Saturday. Readers expect a win next Saturday at Corinth. Some players plan crop work, exams last week were rough but most likely passed. Examinations and games muddled news. REPORTERS. February 19, 1917.
In Poplar Springs many are ill with grip illness including J B Whitehurst and J S Robinson. Mrs J E Thomas of Counce Tenn visits during the illness. A quilting party hosted by Mrs Belmer White last Saturday night. Alva Bullard suffered a painful axe accident below the knee. J W Scott and family and James Adams and family visited. Miss Harris assists Prof. Scott at Salem school Eco.
Health improving at Providence and measles under control as a large Sunday school gathering occurred Sunday afternoon. Leroy Ferrell and Robert Farris visited neighbors. Friday March 2 features a gold and silver medal contest and box supper at Providence inviting all. Preaching scheduled every fourth Sunday. Miss Willie Bell Parsons visited Miss Anna Turner. Herbert Williams and James Turner hosted Saturday night guests. Two school girls were noted.
A Southern Railway employee from Aniston Alabama reports dramatic health recovery after using Tanlac. He weighs 119 pounds prior to treatment and 141 pounds after five bottles, saying digestion and sleep improved, appetite returned, and energy resumed. He endorses the medicine and notes purchasing a dozen bottles for continued supply. The ad lists distributors in Iuka Belmont Golden Dennis Burnsville Paden and other Mississippi towns.
A World War I era ad urges southern farmers to grow gardens and forage to cut costs as cotton prices fall. It promotes Hastings 1917 Seed Book, claiming a well-tended garden can cover half living costs and save money. Free booklet offered by H G Hastings Co. Atlanta.
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